Relevance to Autism

This gene was originally identified as an ASD candidate gene based on its enrichment in an autism-associated protein interaction module; sequencing of post-mortem brain tissue from 25 ASD cases resulted in the identification of significant non-synonymous variants in this gene with an expected false-positive rate at 0.1, confirming the involvement of this module with autism (Li et al., 2014).

Molecular Function

The protein encoded by this gene is primarily expressed in the skeletal muscle, and belongs to the myozenin family. Members of this family function as calcineurin-interacting proteins that help tether calcineurin to the sarcomere of cardiac and skeletal muscle and play an important role in modulation of calcineurin signaling.

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